About

The site is maintained by Dr. Patrick Dunae at Vancouver Island University. He directed the research projects featured here and provided some editorial assistance to contributors. The research itself, however, was carried out entirely by senior undergraduate History students at VIU. Their scholarship provides the foundation for this web site.

Chuck MacQuarrie, a VIU alumnus and principal of Spillin' Media designed the web site.

Special thanks to Marianne van Toor, Director, Communications & Public Relations, Vancouver Island University, for facilitating this project.

And we acknowledge with thanks the British Columbia Archives, Nanaimo Community Archives, and Nanaimo District Museum for permission to use historical images from their collections. Photo ID numbers and captions will be added to our site, soon.